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11 package org.eclipse.jface.text.rules;
12
13
14 /**
15  * Defines the interface by which <code>WordRule</code>
16  * determines whether a given character is valid as part
17  * of a word in the current context.
18  */
19 public interface IWordDetector {
20
21     /**
22      * Returns whether the specified character is
23      * valid as the first character in a word.
24      *
25      * @param c the character to be checked
26      * @return <code>true</code> is a valid first character in a word, <code>false</code> otherwise
27      */
28     boolean isWordStart(char c);
29
30     /**
31      * Returns whether the specified character is
32      * valid as a subsequent character in a word.
33      *
34      * @param c the character to be checked
35      * @return <code>true</code> if the character is a valid word part, <code>false</code> otherwise
36      */
37     boolean isWordPart(char c);
38 }
39
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